[geeks] TeX question

[Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez]

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Kevin wrote:

>
> First off, i'm new to TeX and LaTeX.
>
> I'm trying to create a document with four columns.  To accomplish
> this, i am using the "multicol" package.
>
> Everything is working fine, except, i need to know how i can control
> what text goes into each column.  The multicol portion of my doc is
> listed below.  I want each of the "\textbf..." lines to be on it's
> own column.


You are using the wrong format, for what I understand you are trying to do
you need to use the table command, not a multicolumn format. Look up in
google how to do tables in TeX, they sort of do what you are trying to
achieve which looks like some sort of form. You can also specify boxing
etc.


> Thanks,
> /KRM
>
>
> \begin{multicols}{4}
>
> \textbf{\large Torque Specs}\\
> lugnuts = 76 ft lbs\\
> sparkplugs = 14 ft lbs\\
> torque convertor  = 25 ft lbs\\
>
> \textbf{\large Spark Plug Info}\\
> testdatatest\\
>
> \textbf{\large Fluid Capacities}\\
> testdatatest\\
>
> \textbf{\large Phone Numbers}\\
> testdatatest\\
>
> \end{multicols}
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